CNdV, formed in 1988, is a multi-disciplinary practice committed to excellence in the fields of urban design, environmental, city and regional planning and landscape architecture. We embrace a full range of planning expertise, from strategic regional scale and metropolitan planning to detailed urban and landscape design. The practice functions on a project basis. Teams are assembled and senior professional staff play a direct and active role in all projects. We work with a number of other consultants who can be called in to provide additional specialist advice if required, including: ■ Development and Property Economists ■ Traffic and Transportation Engineers ■ Civil Engineers ■ Geotechnical and Geological Engineers ■ Coastal & Environmental Engineers ■ Architects ■ Land Surveyors ■ Ecologists and Environmental Scientists The type of work carried out by the practice ranges from the strategic to the local, from the multi-disciplinary to the specialist, and comprises applied research, planning appraisal and policy formulation, feasibility assessment, design and implementation. The practice is fully computerised with a number of applications including various word processing, graphic design, desktop publishing, spreadsheet and GIS and CAD which is run by an experienced cartographer/computer specialist. We have firmly adopted the principles of affirmative action in our recruitment, staff training and education, and appointment of associated consultants.